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Design of Sugar Bucket Elevator and Roller Conveyor Chain for 20 Tonnes per
Hour Capacity
Hemlata H.Mulik#1, Bhaskar D.Gaikwad*2
1
PG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, SVERIs COE Pandharpur, Solapur University, Maharashtra, India
Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, SVERIs COE Pandharpur, Solapur University, Maharashtra, India
I. INTRODUCTION
The Roller conveyor chains are generally used in production
or assembly lines where large objects need to be conveyed.
Typical applications of roller conveyors are carrier conveyors
for the transport of steel coils in a steel plant or slat conveyors
that carry objects. Other examples are conveying pallets, treestumps or even whole cars. Wheeled cars, for example, can be
carried by the chain but can also be pulled by the chain.
Applications can be divided in two basic conveying modes:
The material is supported and carried entirely by the chain
and attachments.
The chain does not support the material, but it is pushed,
pulled or scraped.
Roller conveyor chains differ from transmission roller chains
such as a bicycle chain, which is used to transfer torque
instead of conveying goods. Conveyor chains have a large
pitch which is efficient in bridging large distances with fewer
shackles; they generally have thicker side plates and rollers
with large diameter. Therefore they can withstand higher
tensile and shock loads than transmission chains. Furthermore
they can bear large amounts of wear before breakage occurs.
A typical conveyor chain is constructed with two different
types of shackles: the roller link (or inner link) and the pin
link (or outer link), see Figure 1. The roller link consists of
two steel bushings that are press-fitted inside the roller link
plates, while the pin link consists out of two steel pins pressfitted inside the pin link plates. To prevent disengaging of
plates and pins, riveted pins or t-pins (as shown) are used.
Conveyor chains can be loaded in two ways: the force can be
applied on the side plates by use of attachments which are
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articulates. Bushing inner diameter
expressible as pitch elongation.
wear
is
directly
Where,
T is the capacity in ton/hr
S is the chain and bucket speed in ft/min
W is the weight of the material per foot of
elevator
3. Roller
Forms a slip fit with the bushing. Rotates when engaging with
the sprocket, while alleviating the shock and wear from the
teeth. Rotation also lowers running resistance.
4. Plate
The plate mainly receives the tensile load along the chain's
direction of travel while receiving vertical reactive forces
while supporting the conveyed item. The outer plate and inner
plate slide against each other during chain articulation, as well
as against the sides of the sprocket teeth during sprocket
engagement. Plate holes are either round or flat.
5. Attachments
They are used for attaching items like buckets to the chain.
6. Split pin
After the outer plate is press-fitted to the pin, a T pin is
inserted and bent to prevent the pin from falling out.
A. Chain Drive
Though the sugar industries are using belt drive for bucket
elevator the chain drive is more efficient due to the following
advantages:
1. As no slip or creep takes place in chain drive, hence
perfect velocity ratio is obtained.
2. Since the chains are made of metal, therefore they
occupy less space in width than a belt or rope drive.
3. It gives high transmission efficiency up to 98%.
4. Chain does not require initial tension. Therefore
forces acting on shafts and bearings are reduced.
5. It transmits more power than belts.
6. It can be operated under adverse temperature and
atmospheric conditions.
7. Can be easily replaced.
8. Can be used for short as well as long centre
distances.
9. It gives fewer loads on the shafts.
III. DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR SUGAR BUCKET
ELEVATOR
For bucket elevator using engineering steel bushed straight
sidebar roller conveyor chain in which chain rides on tracks
generally used for super capacity elevators. Prior to selecting
the chain and sprockets, the following should be known:
Required capacity in ton/hr
Elevator chain and bucket speed in ft/min
Distance between the sprocket centers
Size of the elevator buckets
Weight of moving parts
Weight of the material per foot of elevator
as determined by equation:
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Where,
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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Where,
1.
2.
3.
CHAIN COMPONENTS
Where,
1.
= dimension of the largest lump of material
conveyed, mm
2. H = height to which load is elevated, m
3.
= wt. of load/ meter of elevator, kg/m
4.
= factor of resistance, see table 3, p.9.25
5.
= wt. per meter of chain with buckets, kgf/m
~
(for
see table 3)
= 26.6667kgf/mm2
Now,
d2 =
d = 21.8509 mm
Approximately pin diameter is equal to 22 mm or 23 mm and
head diameter 28 mm with length of pin 98 mm as per Indian
standard specification IS 8466:1990.
Design of Link Plate:
For link plates we have selected plain carbon steel material
C45.
According to maximum shear theory,
Ssy = 0.5 Sut
Now,
Power on the drive shaft:
= 37.5 N/mm2
Where,
Again,
= power, kW
= factor, see table 3, p. 9.25
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is selected. For sugar elevator buckets 6 inch pitch chain will
produce the rated capacity of 7.625 litres. So selecting 6 inch
i.e. 152.40 mm pitch for chain plate.
Now, total length of plate = 152.4+2(14 x 1.5) +30
= 224.4 mm
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VI. CONCLUSIONS
The Chain is the most important element of the industrial
processes required for transmitting power and conveying of
materials. As these chains operate under various forces, failure
Properties of
Material
Plain Carbon
Steel
M.S. (Forged
steel)
17Mn1Cr95
Youngs
Modulus(E)
210 GPa
210 GPa
210 GPa
Poissons Ratio
0.3
0.3
0.28
Density
7850kg/m3
7850 kg/m3
7800kg/m3
Tensile Strength
750 Mpa
500 MPa
800 MPa
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